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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to make a point. When you have an issue of insolvency, what must be done is to restructure or write down the debt. The Minister has just taken one of the solutions off the table. I think the Minister should go into the meeting tomorrow with an open mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I understand, but the Minister has made a write-down a red-line issue. I think that is a mistake in an insolvency situation, because the second red-line issue is whether Greece stays in the eurozone. There is a real danger that other partners in Europe could force a situation in which it is impossible for Greece to stay in the eurozone despite the commitment of its Government to stay. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Ireland was the only member state in Europe that did not provide costs for each proposal. They were not assessed centrally; they were just lists coming from Departments. We acknowledge and understand this, but has there been any central assessment of the proposals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Are we the only country in Europe not to publish the costings? Is there no commercial sensitivity across the rest of the European Union?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the average fees paid on the management of pension funds here and her plans to cap these fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Greek Government Bonds (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 4 February 2015, if he will provide in tabular form, the expected repayments of capital from Greece of the €347,437,121.03 owed to Ireland. [6134/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the total contribution of Greece to the European Union loans Ireland has availed of. [6135/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the liquidation process of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has affected Ireland's debt to Gross Domestic Profit ratio in general terms, and in figures, for 2013 and 2014; and a prediction for the effect in 2015. [6144/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to re-introduce the annual rent allowance payable to new Garda recruits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the Health Service Executive to include the drug Daxas in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to the pay and remuneration received by nurses participating in the graduate nursing scheme in order that they will have parity of income and remuneration with their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision on an application for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 454. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with a neurologist in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 455. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 456. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a knee operation in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5939/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the current need for infrastructural improvement in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade and replace the school's ageing facilities and equipment; her views on the challenges facing teaching staff which this situation is causing; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure that the current pupil-teacher ratio in our schools is improved; her plans to ensure that children with special needs are provided with adequate educational supports in order for them to participate fully in education and learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5863/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to detail the number of sponsored site visits by enterprise agencies to counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past seven years by each of the agencies; the number of these that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Feb 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of jobs created in each of the past seven years in enterprise agency-supported companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of jobs lost in each of the past seven years in enterprise agency-supported companies in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement...